#5D2591#5D2591

#5D2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.168 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2591
RGB	rgb(93, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 45.90, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 67.31, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0918 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.168 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2854, 5.6946, 27.3399)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2591 #599125

analogous

#272591 #5D2591 #91258F

triadic

#5D2591 #915D25 #25915D

tetradic

#5D2591 #912725 #599125 #258F91

square

#5D2591 #912725 #599125 #258F91

split-complementary

#5D2591 #8F9125 #259127

monochromatic

#1E0C2F #3E1960 #5D2591 #7C31C2 #9A5BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#5D2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5D2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2591

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2591	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.168 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b2',
    500: '#5d2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2591;
$custom-light: #9065b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40526,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2591

secondary

#87BA58

accent

#E34591

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2591

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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